Assistant, Global Merchandising, Women's SLGs/ACC Outlet

Coach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941. Inspired by the vision of Creative Director Stuart Vevers and the inclusive and courageous spirit of our hometown, we make beautiful things, crafted to last—for you to be yourself in.

Coach is part of the Tapestry portfolio – a global house of brands committed to stretching what’s possible.

A member of the Tapestry family, we are part of a global house of brands that has unwavering optimism and is committed to being innovative and wholly inclusive.

Primary Purpose: At Coach, we believe better-made things can help create a better-made future—and this starts with how we design, craft and develop our products. Though we’ve always prided ourselves on creating high quality product crafted to last, we know we must go further and build a more circular future for fashion. With this responsibility in mind, we are launching a new initiative focused on circularity with an innovative business model that reimagines product “end of life” and Coach’s impact on the environment.

The Assistant Merchant will be a key team member of this team, supporting the development of product and assortment strategies that meet our sustainability goals as well as the needs of our target consumers and partnering cross-functionality to bring this assortment to market. This role will report to the Manager, Global Merchandising Women's Outlet Leather Goods.

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in merchandising to...

Product Strategy & Assortment Planning

• Support the Director and broader merchandising team in building seasonal product strategies, assortment architecture, and pricing recommendations that drive growth, profitability, and customer acquisition within Women’s Outlet SLGs and Specialty Accessories.
• Manage day‑to‑day merchandising tasks, including maintaining and updating assortment sheets, tracking product lifecycle milestones, and managing the seasonal calendar to ensure timely delivery of key milestones.
• Own all aspects of assortment edit and presentation preparation—coordinating samples, building line sheets, compiling reporting, and organizing assortment architecture for internal reviews.
• Lead the style setup process by entering and maintaining style, color, pricing, and attribute details within the line planning system (ECVision).
• Consolidate product and assortment information each season to ensure alignment with broader brand and corporate strategies. Create presentation materials and visual boards to support category strategy and design development.
• Communicate assortment changes following key milestone meetings and ensure all systems and cross‑functional partners are updated accordingly.
• Partner closely with Product Development and Global Merchandise Planning to support the seasonal buy process and confirm assortment accuracy.

Weekly Sales Analysis & Reporting

• Run weekly sales reporting to monitor performance and distribute insights to the team.
• Conduct ad hoc analyses to help identify emerging trends, category opportunities, and consumer behavior shifts.
• Analyze global sales, business unit feedback, and focus‑group learnings to support the creation of seasonal briefs and recommend future opportunities.

Market & Consumer Research

• Monitor competitive activity—including online, in‑store, and runway research—to identify emerging trends, whitespace opportunities, and competitive risks within the women’s SLGs and specialty accessories space.
• Partner with Consumer Insights/Consumer Engagement teams to deepen understanding of key customer segments (including Gen Z) and translate learnings into actionable product opportunities.
• Apply research findings to line planning, trend presentations, and seasonal strategy development.

Cross‑Functional Collaboration & Ways of Working

• Operate within an agile working model, contributing to empowered, self‑organizing teams that prioritize rapid iteration, continuous feedback, and adaptability throughout the product development cycle.
• Build strong cross‑functional partnerships with Design, Product Development, Global Merchandise Planning, Marketing, Creative, and regional business teams to drive seasonal assortments from concept through finalization.

Skills & Strengths:

• BA/BS degree preferred
• 1 year of experience in merchandising or buying, ideally in luxury goods or accessories preferred
• Internship/Store experience preferred
• Strong product sensibility and foundational understanding of the merchandising product lifecycle
• Interest in sustainability; previous sustainability-related exposure is a plus
• Ability to use customer insights and data to support decision making
• Team-oriented with a proactive, can-do attitude
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, evolving environments
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail and ability to shift priorities
• Solid analytical skills and understanding of retail math
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
  

Our Competencies for All Employees

• Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
• Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
• Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
• Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.

Our Competencies for All People Managers

• Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
• Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
• Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.

Coach is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant’s or employee’s qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law. 

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Tapestry, Inc. will provide applicants and employees with reasonable accommodation for disabilities or religious beliefs. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact Tapestry People Services at 1-855-566-9264 or employeerelations@tapestry.com                                    

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Work Setup: Hybrid

BASE PAY RANGE $65,000.00 TO $70,000.00 Annually
*Tapestry will comply with minimum wage requirements and any other applicable pay laws based on city, county, and state regulations.

Here are some of the benefits that we offer: Medical insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, 401 (K), Paid Paternity and Maternity leave, Commuter Benefits, Disability insurance and Tuition assistance. Please click here for a complete list of U.S Corporate Compensation & Benefits.